F1793: TEST 1 (Chapters 1-10)

1. Where does the story take place?

• Washington, D.C.
• Philadelphia
• Houston
• Nashville

2. What kind of business does the Cook family run?

• A. Antique Store
• B. Grocery Store
• C. Coffeehouse
• D. Newspaper

3. Why do the bells toll?

• A. The bells toll to let people know church services were beginning.
• B. The bells toll to let the children know that school had begun.
• C. The bells toll to let people know about a death.
• D. The bells toll to let people know someone had just gotten married.

4. When "the War" is mentioned, what war are they speaking about?

• A. Vietnam War
• B. Civil War
• C. World War I
• D. Revolutionary War

5. Who was fleeing the city?

• A. the sick
• B. the healthy
• C. the poor
• D. the wealthy

6. Who invited the Cook’s to tea?

• A. Lucille
• B. Mrs. Ogilvie
• C. Mr. Benson
• D. Eliza

7. What happened at the tea?

• A. Mattie burned herself with the tea.
• B. Nathaniel showed up.
• C. Jeannine was rude to them and Colette fainted.

• D. Lucille fainted.

8. What was delivered in a cart to the Coffeehouse?

• A. Mother
• B. Flowers
• C. Coffee beans
• D. Nathaniel

9. Mr. Rowley, the first "doctor", told Grandfather and Mattie that Mother...

• A. had the flu.

• B. would recover completely.

• C. HAD yellow fever.

• D. DID NOT have yellow fever.

10. 10. Eliza brought a second doctor to check Mother in the morning. What did Dr. Kerr say about Mother?

• She had worked too hard.

• She needed to go back to work.

• She had Yellow Fever.

• She was not sick anymore.